Roberto Madrazo of Mexico completed last weekend’s Berlin Marathon in a nifty 2:40:57. Or so he’d like the world to believe. (The winning M55 time at Riccione was 2:43:38. The listed M55 WR is 2:25:56 by Holland’s Piet van Alphen
Thea Chard, a features writer at the USC Daily Trojan, has crafted a wonderful version of the Ralph Fruguglietti story. I had notified a half-dozen media outlets after posting Tom Fahey’s original tale of Ralph’s meeting with a mysterious discus
A few days ago, a sprinter friend pointed out that two American silver medalists in the 400 at Riccione didn’t compete for Team USA in the 4×4 relays the final day at worlds. He noted that M40 Robert Thomas (the
In late June, I wrote about the cancellation of the track meet portion of the 2007 San Diego Senior Olympics. Not only was this an outrage, but it also threatened qualifiers for the 2008 California Senior Olympics — which feeds
Gary Hunter is over 16 again. Again jumping at the Paul Babits pole vault facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Gary went 16-1 (4.91 metrically, I assume) on Saturday to raise his own M50 world record from 16-0 of a couple
Rome Olympian Carmelo Rado has owned his event in Italy since the 1960s. Our hero Al Oerter is gone, but his event — and contemporaries — go on. Word arrived yesterday that at an Italian masters meet Sunday, a 1960
Al Oerter once said: “These are the Olympics. You die for them.” Al Oerter died today. I learned this, thankfully, from a T&FN link to his alma mater’s Web site. It’s like a family member’s passing. You’d rather hear it
Philadelphia’s Kevin Forde, 43, was the top over-40 miler Saturday at the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City. He outkicked Tom Nohilly, 4:25 to 4:30 in 73-degree weather. But perhaps the top masters male was Anselm LeBourne of Maplewood,
Today was to be the day Jeff Hartwig ended Larry Jessee’s reign of error by erasing the Texan’s listed M40 world record in the pole vault. Instead, the weather erased the event. The IAAF reports from rain-plagued Yokohama: “The event
My wife recently got her gold medal in the mail. Chris was a member of the national champion 4×1 relay in the W50 age group at the Orono masters nationals. But that Sunday in August she was dismayed to learn
Briton Fran Scott and American Robert Thomas are brothers. Maybe not biologically, but in spirit. Both are in their 40s and run the 400. Fast. Fran won a 4×4 gold in Riccione. Robert won silvers in the 2 and 4.
The Riccione results site is still alive and kicking. But just in case the local organizers decide to pull the plug, I’ve downloaded all results and created a single, 10-megabyte file containing 2,258 pages — all results (heats, semis and